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CMT Music Awards are tonight: Follow my live blog starting at 7 p.m.!

Kristen Bell and Jason Aldean will host the 2013 CMT Music Awards, airing live from Nashville at 7 tonight on CMT and CMT.com.

Starting at 7 tonight, you can follow my live blog of the awards show here at BAM’s Blog.

I can’t promise I won’t get choked up and need a minute when Checotah native Carrie Underwood performs her new hit “See You Again” as a tribute to those affected by the devastating May tornadoes here in Oklahoma. Otherwise, I’ll be following the show every step of the way.

Tishomingo resident Miranda Lambert, Eric Church and Luke Bryan earned four nominations each to lead the field of nominees for the 2013 CMT Music Awards.

CMT Music Award nominees with Oklahoma ties:

Miranda Lambert (Tishomingo resident): Video of the year and female video of the year, “Mama’s Broken Heart; CMT Performance of the Year, “Over You” from the 2012 CMT Artists of the Year; and group video of the year, Pistol Annies’ “Takin’ Pills.”

Rascal Flatts and Journey (includes Oklahoma native Neil Schon): Collaborative video of the year for “Changed” and CMT Performance of the Year for “Don’t Stop Believin’,” both from “CMT Crossroads: Journey and Rascal Flatts.”

Carrie Underwood (Checotah native): Video of the year, “Blown Away,” and female video of the year for “Two Black Cadillacs.”

Blake Shelton (Ada native): Male video of the year, “Sure Be Cool if You Did.”

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by Brandy McDonnell

Entertainment Reporter

Brandy McDonnell, also known by her initials BAM, writes stories and reviews on movies, music, the arts and other aspects of entertainment. She is NewsOK’s top blogger: Her 4-year-old entertainment news blog, BAM’s Blog, has notched more than 1...